What did you rehang today?

[Woodcraft]

I like seeing original handles.

 

[Square_peg]

Love that monster Plumb!

 

[jblyttle]

2.5lb Red Warrior on a 27" House handle.

 

[Agent_H]

JB:

I like using cruisers. My favorite to use is a ridged-eye no name but your Red Warrior there has cool factor.

Nice work!

 

[jblyttle]

Got this today, the wedge came out with my fingers. I just took it apart, cleaned it, new wedge and oiled it.

 

[Square_peg]

Another Victory with those lines forged into it. Seems common among them.

 

[phantomknives]

i think thats from their drawing out process if the picture doesnt deceive me

 

[300Six]

A huge 6lb Plumb head on original handle.

Gidday jb. Any chance those remnant holes in the eye are from Plumb 'take up' screw wedges? Or are these drill marks from removing the previous wood wedge?

 

[Square_peg]

I bet you're right, 300.

 

[300Six]

I bet you're right, 300.

If they are the axe is dated between 1922-1943 but what puzzles me is the installation of a conventional wedge in advance of a screw wedge, in this case two of them. jp, did you have to cut a wedge kerf? Two 'tapered screw expanders' makes perfect sense on a large eye but doing this over top of a conventional wedge doesn't. Plumb was a private enterprise not in the business of making lavish (cost-wise) toilet seats for the USAF and was only seeking to reduce assembly costs and the inevitable after sale complaint of loose heads.

 

[jblyttle]

Those were two big user added screws, my new wood wedge.

 

[jblyttle]

Great Neck made in England? Not the world's greatest handle, but a nice $5 head and a $5 handle plus elbow grease makes a nice tool.

 

[Woodcraft]

Fulton three and a half pounder on a 30 and 3\4 inch handle.

 

[jblyttle]

A nice convex Homestead, 2lb 2oz on a sweet 27" handle.

 

[Square_peg]

That Homestead looks worn out. It might be past its hardened steel.

 

[jblyttle]

That Homestead looks worn out. It might be past its hardened steel.

Yeah it's been used, but not that bad. At least the file felt fine. It's definitely a middle aged axe though. But well dressed.

 

[Woodcraft]

Just depends on how far back they actually tempered I suppose. I have a Michigan no name rusting out front that was just shy of what I assume was the original three and a half pounds. Its toe and heel were a little worn but not that much. When it came out of a bath the temper line was very thin. It met at the corners.
Plumbs seem to have a deeper temper than quite a few.

That ax does look quite worn.

 

[jblyttle]

Most boys heads that I see are 6" long. This one is 5.5", so hopefully has some useful life left. It's seen lots of use for sure.

 

[Woodcraft]

Perhaps it looks short in the picture because the top view stops at the toe. You cannot see the full "sweep" if you will of the bit.
The grain orientation on that handle is spectacular now that I look at it.

 

[jblyttle]

Perhaps it looks short in the picture because the top view stops at the toe. You cannot see the full "sweep" if you will of the bit.
The grain orientation on that handle is spectacular now that I look at it.

That could be it. It's definitely worn, but at least to my eye it looks very usable. But, I am one of those fairly knowledgeable people that lacks a ton of real world experience.